Swinging gate.



W. STEWART, JR. SWINGING GATE.

. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 20, 1908. I 91 6,801 Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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WILLIAM STEWART, Jlt, OF ALAMOSA, (O'LORADO swmeme GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 80, 1909.

Application filed February 20, 1908. Serial No. 416,879;

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, WILLIAM Sirnwarrr, Jr., a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing at Alamosa, in the county of Conejos and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Swinging Gates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to gates and more particularly to a gate which is swung horizontally like a pendulum upon a horizontal pivot the object being to provide an exceedingly sim le construction of gate whichcan be quick y and easily opened and which will remain open until returned to its normal or closed position by means of a lover operated means, identical in construction with the means for opening said gate.

With these objects in view, my invention consists essentially in the novel features of construction and combination of )arts hereinafter' fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing forming a part of this specification:-Figure 1 is a front view of a gate constructed in accordance with my inention. Fig. 2 is an endview of the same, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective showing a ortion of the latch operating mechanism. Fig. 4 is a front view of the gate showing it in a raised position.

In constructing a gate in accordance with my invention I employ the side standards A which are arranged in pairs at the proper distances and connected at their up )er ends by the top beam'B. The standards A are spaced a sufficient distance apart to permit the gate C to swing'frccly between the said standards when the gate is opened, said. gate bein fastened to a central depending timber D w rich swings back and forth like a pendulum carrying the gate to the right or left as the case may be, between the stand ards A. The beam l) is hung upon and swin s upon the trunnions E mounted in suita le bearings F and attached to the upper end of the timber or beam D is an open frame or track G, in which rolls a weight disk or roller ll. As the gate is swung to one side or" the other, the upper end of the timber is lowered and in being so lowered, the weight H is caused to roll by gravity out toward the end of the frame or track and when it reaches its extreme outward position it will counter balance the weight of the gate pro er, and hold the same opened, it being unr erstood heavy for this that the movable weight H is su'lliciently )ur rose to counterbalance the gate and attadheif parts.

For the purpose of swinging the gate I pen or shut from either direction, I employ two lovers I which are pivoted at 1 upon beams K supported parallel with the top beam B by means of suitable inclined brackets L which extend obliquely in reverse directions from the standards A as most clearly shown. The levers Ihave hand-pulls l at their outer ends, while their inner ends have do )ending linkrods M connected thereto, the lower ends of said rods being connected to an eye N formed n )on the outer end of an arm N, the inner end of said arm being pivoted at N within a recess cut in the side of the timber or beam D. This arm N works up and down in a suitable guide 0 held in place by bracket-rods O said guide serving to limit the movement of the arm N.

A twisted bar I" is connected at its upper end to the eye N of the arm N while its lower end is pivotally connected to a vertically movable latch-bar Q sliding in the guideways Q, and connected to the latch. it pivoted at ii to the bottom of the ate, said latch. having a nose which engages a keeper it and holds the gate locked. The latch R has a vertical slot it in which works the connection between the latch and the latch-rod, so that the latch can always ride freely over the keeper when the gate is closing, irrcsgwctivo of the position oi'thc latchbar and parts connected therewith.

Now, in operation the poison approaching the gate and dcsi ring to pass through, pulls upon the lever and this operation immediatcly raises the latch and after the latch has been o 'rencd'the continued pull will cause the gate to swing away from the true perpendicular as indicated by the arrows, and while the gate proper is swinging to one side the frame or track carried at the upper end of the central timber is being lowered, and when the we ght reaches the lowermost limit of its travel it will counterbalance the weight of the gate proper and hold it open. After passing through the hand lever upon the opposite side is pushed upwardly and this will start the gate l.)1l.(7l(\\'li(l to its perpendicular position, and when it reaches its normal or closed position, the latch will auto niatically. engage the keeper and 1 thereby v lock the gate in its closed position.

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